ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,940, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Radiation detector and radiation imaging system" was invented by Kazutaka Osawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Takanori Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tomona Yamaguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation detector comprising: a pixel array in which pixels each having a radiation detection element configured to convert radiation into charges and an amplification transistor configured to amplify a signal from the radiation detection element and output the amplified signal are arrayed in a matrix shape; and signal wiring provided for each pixel column, wherein a pixel isolati...